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What a couple weeks has been a 
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on a Friday night. 
Feels like two years. 

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Well, we're still in second 
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Nothing has changed. 
We're still in that Infamous 

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chapter of second Samuel. 
So let's go there together and 

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second Samuel in Chapter 11. 
Second Samuel, 11. 

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And Lord, we do ask that you 
would bless this time in your 

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word and that there would be a 
sense of your nearness and our 

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hearts would come alive a fresh 
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Oh Lord. 
We are in continual need of your

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Restorative mercies and we pray 
that you would restore our 

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passion for you. 
And that you would take it to 

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new heights. 
Lord, you would open up our 

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appetite again, for 
righteousness, for wisdom, for 

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the knowledge of our God. 
And so Lord, may this be a time 

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where we sense the leading of 
the Holy Spirit? 

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Even now, as we come to this 
word, we pray that you would 

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speak. 
So specifically into each of our

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lives. 
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you would shatter all 
distraction. 

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All unbelief, anything that 
would be an obstacle to your 

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word, having its way in our very
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We trust in you Lord, we thank 
you for a house on a Friday 

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night that is eager to be in 
your presence. 

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We bless you for that in Jesus 
name. 

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Amen. 
The final words of our last 

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Bible study, which was about 
three weeks ago, Were the 

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dramatic heart-stopping words of
a woman named Bathsheba who 

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declared very simply. 
I am pregnant. 

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Now, usually, that news is a 
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but not in this case. 
This woman who gave this report,

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gave it to not her husband, but 
to another man, and we know from

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our study in the beginning of 
second, Samuel, 11 to that man 

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was King David. 
The nation's leader, the nation 

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psalmist, the man after God's 
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And why is David receiving the 
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pregnancy? 
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because he is the father 
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this child. 
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alone, you realize that the 
evolvement of these events is 

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really a picture of house in 
evolves in our lives. 

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You see, this was just a secret 
night of passion between two 

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people and now it is morphed 
into a scandal that could easily

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make national news and put so 
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And sin, the DNA of our 
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When it is conceived, does not 
stay in that embryo stage, it 

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will grow, it will continue to 
grow and the direction of its 

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growth is domination. 
It wants to dominate your life. 

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It does not just want to stay in
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can visit it from time to time. 
It wants to own the house and 

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from there it also wants to 
bring as much destruction as 

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possible in your life. 
James tells us that When sin is 

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Sieve, that doesn't stay there. 
It wants to bring forth death. 

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And if it's not dealt with early
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what once in can do to a life, 
what it can do to a marriage, 

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what it can do to your finances,
what it can do to your body, how

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we can prematurely bring death 
and Untold measures this is why 

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God put this in our Bible. 
So that what we see in David's 

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life at this point, would burn 
in our memory so that we would 

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never ever, ever for a moment. 
Think that we are impervious to.

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^ sin, scripture warns us if 
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Now pause, if you're in this 
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you realize you have a desire to
be here on a Friday night, look 

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how holy you are. 
Look how look all close. 

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You are to the Lord. 
The Bible says, if you think you

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stand, let that person take 
heed. 

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Lest he falls in other words, 
when you're doing just right, 

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that's when you should be the 
most cautious and David, Really 

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did not take heed and we're 
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do with this news because you 
and I heard a few Bible studies 

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ago that there are only only 
only two options when any of us 

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are caught in any transgression.
Do you remember those two 

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options? 
To they both start with the 

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letter c that helps. 
Confess it confess it. 

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Yes. 
What's the other one conceal it 

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very good. 
Those are really the only two 

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options that you and I have, 
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confess and along confess, 
repent of that sin or we conceal

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and oftentimes continue. 
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David has those two choices when
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step. 
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choose the latter. 
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And because he will conceal it. 
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going to explain what will 
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Here's the thing, the reason why
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magnetized towards concealing, 
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concealment seems to promise the
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Right. 
The least pain of Shame of 

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hurting others of hurting our 
ministries of hurting our 

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reputation. 
That's why we concealed, there 

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is a false promise of an easier 
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When we choose to hide and put 
our sin in the dark instead of 

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coming clean before the Lord and
before people that need to know 

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about that sin and say I need 
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Lord to help me. 
Can you help me? 

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David's not going to do that. 
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the outcome of his concealment, 
it's going to really be a study 

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of the devastation that comes 
when you and I choose to not do 

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it God's way when it comes even 
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And again, let me say this, I 
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be brought before you today will
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on to. 
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ever trust in human wisdom when 
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I thought we were going to 
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just no way unless we just 
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text. 
So here's what I'm going to do. 

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I'm going to read from verse 6, 
down to verse 13, you're going 

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to follow with me in your Bible 
and then I'm going to ask you 

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what stands out to you in our 
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And let's see, where the spirit 
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Remember the last three words? 
That drop the curtain on our 

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last Bible. 
Study was I am pregnant. 

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Now we come to verse 6. 
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Send me Uriah the hittite and 
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Uriah caned. 
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David asked how job was doing, 
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and how the war was going. 
Then David said, to her I ago 

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down to your house and wash your
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Uriah went out of the King's 
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present from the King. 
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the King's house, with all the 
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not go down to his house. 
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not go down to his house, David 
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come from a journey? 
Why did you not go down to your 

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house? 
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Arc, and Israel, and Judah, 
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Zhao have in the Servants of my 
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field, shall I then? 
Go to my house to eat and to 

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drink and to lie with my wife, 
as you live and as your soul 

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lives, I will not do this thing.
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here today also. 
And tomorrow, I'll send you back

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So Uriah remained in Jerusalem 
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invited him and he ate in his 
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made him drunk. 
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to lie on his couch with the 
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But he did not go down to his 
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Whoever says, the Bible is 
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Shame on you. 
How can you say that this is 

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riveting. 
I've always said, if had the 

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budget, I would totally make 
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some kind of channel of the life
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This is, this is fascinating. 
Well, what sticks out to you 

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from these verses that we read 
today, anything? 

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What a contrasting character 
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He will not budge. 
I'm committed to the mission 

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that God has called me to you. 
I'm committed to my God, he he 

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just can't move from that place.
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Yes. 
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Again, that's a great 
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between David and Uriah David 
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Uriah would not go home because 
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Not amazing. 
Interesting. 

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Yes. 
Anything else. 

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Deception. 
Very good observation. 

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There is deception a lot of it 
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Yes, John got him drunk. 
It's a very nasty strategy but 

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it's a very common one. 
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Anything else? 
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much as possible. 
And comfort did not make him 

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waiver. 
Yes. 

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Exactly. 
So David's influence is to bring

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him to the same level of where 
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life. 
Yes. 

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Yeah, that could be true or is 
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to cover his tracks? 
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Yes. 
Very good reputation and Status 

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does not equal character. 
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Well, shall we continue? 
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So David sent word to joab. 
Send me Uriah. 

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The hittite strange request and 
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Now, right there in that verse 
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great power and the great 
Authority. 

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That David possess this man, by 
one word can tell somebody to go

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tell somebody to come, No 
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to give any answers to his 
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This is the jurisdiction. 
This is the kind of position 

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that David possess and it was 
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In fact, you're going to realize
very soon that David had such 

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overwhelming Authority that by 
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He can determine whether a man 
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And again this is an awesome 
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and you know the the well-known 
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what great responsibility. 
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With great power comes great 
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Great Temptation the temptation 
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position of influence is to 
abuse that power in order to 

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satisfy selfish feets. 
Even at the expense of those who

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trust that you are operating in 
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And so David here, he's done 
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seeing something in him here 
that you don't really see on 

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this level when he was a 
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When he was a servant, he was 
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He had a very soft conscience 
here. 

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Now, as a king, I believe a 
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was his ability to remove or 
Escape or to get rid of things 

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that might make him look bad. 
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right off the gate, if your 
person who craves position, 

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craves titles, crave status, you
have no idea what you're getting

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yourself into. 
I actually believe that the Lord

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concerning his children doesn't 
bless them. 

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This might take a shot at the 
Prosperity Gospel, but good 

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doesn't give the same amount 
even of success. 

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In terms of monetary gain, 
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that this will destroy this 
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God gives Grace to callings, 
right? 

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And if you don't have that Grace
and you can actually be destroys

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enough trouble. 
Even operating and what God's 

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called you to do, even if he's 
giving you the grace, never 

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mind. 
Trying to explore something that

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doesn't belong to you or that 
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And so we see here that David is
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that's giving us a set up to 
what he's going to do with that 

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power. 
Now, here's what's fascinating. 

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What I thought about when I came
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This was Moses was told when he 
was the only only really judge 

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of Israel to hire or to raise up
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the nation of Israel and his 
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and gives him. 
Gives him a list of qualities 

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can to consider for the future 
Prospect of Israel's leaders. 

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Does anybody remember one of the
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look for concerning a man who 
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If you want to reference its 
Exodus 18:21, I'll read it to 

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you and you can mark it if you 
want. 

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But listen to these words when 
Moses was advised, here's the 

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type of people that you want in 
different spheres of power who 

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overlooked the responsibility of
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Here's what I want you to find 
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there's ability from all the 
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fear God, who are trustworthy 
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that's one sphere of hundreds, 
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what you need to find, Moses is 
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Now, listen, this is not a very 
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Because if you can find somebody
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fears the Lord, you don't really
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Because a man who fears, God Is 
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behavior with their decisions, 
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everything before the Divine 
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concern than their reputation 
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God is so strong. 
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trustworthy and hate a bribe, I 
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of fearing. 
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trustworthy when you're when you
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no amount of invitation. 
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sway you, your rock solid 
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don't live before a price tag. 
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threats of men who are dependent
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the very God, that you fear. 
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fear God woman, who fear God is 
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you don't need much else to 
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Listen to this humility and 
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I asked this question. 
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fears? 
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David was a man who feared God. 
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lord, then how do we explain 
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How do we explain his 
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God is good. 
A verse that I've read in the 

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Book of Proverbs shot into my 
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reference not to pull out of my 
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pages and I found it but you 
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It will really help if you have 
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explain but it's in Proverbs 
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And that's a verse that I'm 
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and Proverbs 28 14. 
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insightful in light of the fear 
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fear of God. 
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Reads blessed is the one who 
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When always But whoever hardens 
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Calamity. 
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who fears the Lord. 
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always reverent. 
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the ESV included the Lord. 
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entire consensus of the Bible, 
there is no fear that the Bible 

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encourages you. 
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towards God. 
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the authority that God has 
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And so, I think that's okay. 
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This verse says, blessed is the 
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and the key word in this verse 
is what always adult time in all

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circumstances, in all contexts 
fear, God always, which tells me

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it's possible to fear God 
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some people wink, wink pastures.
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very simple. 
I'll prove it to you. 

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How easy is it for us to switch 
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Reverence, for God, when we walk
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but when we switch to write off,
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our living room, we know how to 
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the Lord. 
I've seen heathens do it. 

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I've seen heathens cuss and do 
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come to an ancient Church in 
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realize we're going into a 
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Oh, let's just be quiet. 
People know how to turn this 

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thing on and off, huh? 
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God always when you're alone, 
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When you're with your spouse, 
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spouse, when you're on the 
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the family trip, fear God all 
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And that will ensure you great 
protection and Grace at all 

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times. 
And David unfortunately did not 

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take heat to this proverb, and 
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it. 
So you, and I have to make a 

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conscious decision. 
There has to be a discipline 

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where we live in light of the 
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all-knowing. 
God everywhere everywhere. 

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So, when you go on vacation 
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you go on vacation, this winter,
you're not taking a vacation 

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from God. 
See what I'm saying. 

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You're not not spiritual there 
and then you come back and you 

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get spiritual again. 
That doesn't work. 

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That's not going to get you 
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That's going to get you in 
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It's gonna get you in trouble. 
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Hey, you're gonna invite me over
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Jesus? 
I'm not going to be somebody 

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different from the pulp and off 
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Jesus is coming with me. 
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is coming along, I hope you have
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I hope every believer has that 
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what's going to make us holy and
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the glory of Jesus Christ. 
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David then if you're God here, 
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He brought it down and it would 
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Now we read in verse 7, when you
ride came to him, David asks how

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job was doing and how the people
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going. 
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infuriates me. 
I don't know about you because 

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we heard it from our sister. 
Here's a man who summons a 

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faithful servant into his 
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meeting disappointment. 
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about this war and he makes 
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Listen, David. 
If you were so concerned about 

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the war, why aren't you there? 
So here's a man who just coats 

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his his words and his heart by 
pretending to make this about 

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some kind of evaluation of a 
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When in reality it was a scheme.
It was a scheme to make you 

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write unsuspicious of an Allure 
meant to bring him into his home

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after a journey being away from 
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his wife and him come together 
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Rights within the confines of 
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That's what this man is doing. 
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he has Joe, how's job doing it. 
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And this is deception. 
And here's the point that I want

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to make in light of our theme 
tonight that when you and I 

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choose to conceal our sin when 
we choose to hide it and not 

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repent of it and not confess it 
to those who need to know about 

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it. 
The adoption of deception is 

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guaranteed. 
You will become a liar, you will

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you lie to yourself, you lie to 
your friends, you'll lie to your

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parents, you'll lie to your 
pastors, and here's what happens

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when a person conceals their 
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When there's something going on,
that people are not aware of, 

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you learn to play pretend And 
you pretend like everything is 

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okay. 
When in fact, it's not and 

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that's exactly what this man is 
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And it's a sad single thing to 
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pain when it will be exposed 
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I said, when not, if it will be 
exposed, God loves his children,

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too much to leave us in our sin 
and to think that we can succeed

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in concealing it. 
In love God exposes so that we 

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can receive the healing and the 
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we need, and he will not be 
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Its, this is very painful to see
because when we refuse to 

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confess our sin, what we also do
is Rob ourselves of the grace 

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and the guidance that we can 
receive from those who will are 

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willing to embrace us in our 
sin, And say, look I admire your

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humility look, we got to learn 
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God forbid, that we would be 
caught in sin, but we need to be

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a people who learn how to 
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Don't wait till it's exposed and
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Again, God forbid, I want to 
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If anyone is in any 
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Just deal with it, immediately 
deal with that as soon as 

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possible come to the lightest 
quickly as you can because it's 

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going to happen, you're going to
see that, no matter how clever 

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you and I are God knows how to 
pull the sheets. 

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And they were you are right? 
And we only add to the problem. 

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You only add to the issues when 
we do things like lie and sadly.

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The deception only continues in 
verse 8 because now he 

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encourages Uriah you can says 
hey why don't you go down to 

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your house and wash your feet 
and other while in other words, 

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Stay Awhile. 
Wash your feet. 

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Relax, kick back, hang out. 
I'm giving you a leave of 

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absence. 
I'm letting you be removed from 

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the war so that you can spend 
time at your house and then, you

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know what he does, he gives him 
a gift, the king sends Uriah 

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with a gift. 
So that when you ride comes with

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this great honor from the King, 
it would put him and his wife in

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good spirits. 
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And make them just feel honored 
and excited. 

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And we just only add to the 
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Embracing embracing one another.
And that's, that's quite 

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insightful. 
Because when those who are in 

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sin, when those who are 
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they don't just don't just apply
the facade, that all is well. 

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They do more than that. 
Sometimes they add to that. 

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A layer of a presentation of 
Charity and goodness and 

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kindness to try to fool others. 
Right. 

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And so what happens is you put 
on another level of a show 

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especially to those who you 
really don't want to know about 

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what is going on. 
And it's a false sense of 

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fruitfulness. 
And so, We do what we're told 

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and we serve in our Ministries 
and we even sometimes go the 

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extra mile and be and be extra 
nice and what we're trying to do

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is the same thing we've been 
trying to do in the beginning. 

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Just fig leaves covering our 
shame and think that we can 

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mislead God and mislead others 
so that they don't see our 

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nakedness. 
They just see what we are able 

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to produce when in fact we're 
trying to bury ourselves Under 

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some kind of form of 
distraction. 

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Even if that distraction is some
kind of public display of 

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righteousness, People do I did 
you see how I love the Bible? 

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I love the Bible because I can't
think of any other book in the 

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world that has surgical 
Precision in determining and 

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explaining human behavior. 
It's incredible. 

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No other book can expose the 
depths of the evil of the human 

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heart. 
I mean, this is an ancient story

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from hundreds and thousands of 
years ago and yet we still see 

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the same patterns being repeated
and 2023. 

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Because we're all infected with 
Adam, sinned curse and fall. 

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So he does that it's go, here's 
a gift, enjoy yourself. 

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And the sad verse that, we just 
read is now juxtaposed with an 

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inspiring one. 
We just saw it when we read it 

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together verse 9, but Uriah 
slept at the door of the King's 

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house, with all the Servants of 
his Lord and did not go down to 

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his house. 
You've been away from home for 

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so long. 
Even been, given a green light 

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from your boss that you can now 
go home and you can see your 

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wife and you can go into your 
comfortable room. 

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And this man. 
Refuses. 

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You're going to see why in a 
couple of verses, but right from

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here, we realize that he upheld 
righteous conviction, even 

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listen above comfort and 
gratification. 

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That's what makes a real Soldier
and you and I are called to be 

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soldiers in the faith. 
According to second Timothy, The

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sense of Duty and Mission taking
primary place above, what can 

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satisfy you. 
That's what makes Christians 

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00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:45,400
effective here. 
We see this man, who exemplifies

451
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,000
that? 
And you would think you would 

452
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,900
think that this level of 
character this level of 

453
00:28:49,900 --> 00:28:52,800
character from Uriah one of 
David's, boys. 

454
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,700
One of the guys that he's raised
up and use and worked with. 

455
00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:59,600
You would think that would move 
the heart of the man after God's

456
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:03,200
heart, but it doesn't. 
Now only does it not move him? 

457
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,000
You ready for this? 
It bothers him. 

458
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,600
It bothers him to the point of 
verbal criticism. 

459
00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:13,600
So he hears you Ryan didn't go 
home. 

460
00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:17,000
So he brings you right in again,
and then he says something to 

461
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,400
him in verse 10. 
He says Have you not come from a

462
00:29:21,408 --> 00:29:24,400
journey? 
Why did you not go down to your 

463
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,700
house? 
He was disturbed by this. 

464
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,300
Why, here's why you ready for 
this? 

465
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,500
Because those who choose to walk
in the flesh. 

466
00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:37,300
Cannot tolerate. 
Those who walk in the spirit. 

467
00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:43,700
They can't those who choose to 
walk in the flesh. 

468
00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:46,100
Cannot tolerate those who walk 
in the spirit. 

469
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:51,800
And this is a reminder and an 
example that the presence of men

470
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:56,500
and women, who have principal, 
who really have principal, who 

471
00:29:56,500 --> 00:30:00,200
really walk with this level of 
Devotion to God. 

472
00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:04,300
Irritate people who want to send
comfortably. 

473
00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:09,700
They do. 
And the reason is because their 

474
00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:14,900
very presence and their habits 
and their convictions expose 

475
00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:19,000
those who like, David want to 
play both roles and they do it 

476
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,200
unintentionally, like, Uriah is 
not trying to expose David your 

477
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:27,500
eyes, just Uriah and here's 
David just agitated by the fact 

478
00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:33,600
that Uriah will not succumb to 
the very same level of 

479
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:37,900
compromise that he gave himself 
to And so he's disturb, you know

480
00:30:37,900 --> 00:30:40,300
what he's going to do then we're
going to see in a very real way.

481
00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:44,900
He's going to push Uriah away 
and want nothing to do with him.

482
00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:49,900
Instead of praising somebody for
for displaying such an example 

483
00:30:49,900 --> 00:30:52,700
of righteousness you know, 
that's why some people don't go 

484
00:30:52,700 --> 00:30:57,000
don't go to a Bible preaching 
Church, understand that that's 

485
00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:02,100
why some people will not come to
a Bible preaching church because

486
00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:05,300
the words that are being spoken,
even though that person doesn't 

487
00:31:05,300 --> 00:31:07,000
know what's going on, that 
person's life for the people in 

488
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,200
that church. 
Don't know what's going on. 

489
00:31:08,208 --> 00:31:12,100
That person life, they have a 
tendency not just their words 

490
00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:15,700
but their life to make that 
person uncomfortable. 

491
00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:20,000
Because they want to be 
comfortable and their sin and so

492
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:28,400
they avoid it, they avoid it. 
And I'm sure the news of Uriah 

493
00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:33,400
sleeping outside instead of 
going into his home into his own

494
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,100
bed. 
Struck, David Soul. 

495
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,200
Because as you heard here is a 
king, you ready for this, a king

496
00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:45,800
who refused to go to war so that
he can stay at home. 

497
00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:50,200
And now, here is an inferior who
refuses to go home because of 

498
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:59,100
that war This man is just shook.
And this is not just speaking 

499
00:31:59,100 --> 00:32:00,200
about unbeliever to the 
believer. 

500
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,100
I'm talking about those who 
profess godliness, but they want

501
00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:06,300
to embrace worldliness at the 
same time. 

502
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:12,800
They can't stand people who live
for the glory of God or concert,

503
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,200
they can't do it. 
In fact, sometimes they will go 

504
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,700
to the extent of joining, the 
disapproval of the world, and 

505
00:32:18,700 --> 00:32:24,500
criticize, those who are truly, 
holy, David David, David? 

506
00:32:26,300 --> 00:32:31,200
So, what happens? 
Unlike the king who gave in to 

507
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,200
Temptation your eye doesn't, and
that's quite remarkable. 

508
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,000
You know why? 
Because David was not just a 

509
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,600
leader, David was an Israelite. 
How are we introduced to Uriah 

510
00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:43,700
in verse 3 of this chapter? 
Go back and see it just right 

511
00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:46,900
there, Uriah the hittite. 
And then in verse 6, The Holy 

512
00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:50,500
Spirit repeats it, Uriah, the 
hittite, where Hittites Jews, 

513
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,200
they were not native born Jews. 
They were a part of that 

514
00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:57,300
Collective group, who occupied 
the promised land? 

515
00:32:57,300 --> 00:33:00,400
Before Joshua's Conquest, you 
know what the holy spirit is 

516
00:33:00,408 --> 00:33:04,200
trying to tell us about Uriah. 
He was once a pagan worshipper 

517
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,200
and now he converted and now is 
worshipping the true Living God.

518
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,700
Think about that. 
Now that just adds to the sting 

519
00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:15,600
of this whole thing here, is a 
man who worshipped false gods, 

520
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:21,300
became a proselyte who changed 
and repented and joined himself 

521
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:26,800
to the true and living God. 
And he is towering and 

522
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:31,500
comparison to David in terms of 
his ambition, to glorify the 

523
00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:36,800
Lord. despite his background, we
see that this man is in 

524
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:44,600
comparison outshining to a 
person who was and Israelite and

525
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:48,900
we see here that Uriah gives his
explanation to why he would not 

526
00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:50,700
go home. 
You read it, but let's see it 

527
00:33:50,708 --> 00:33:55,000
again in verse 11, your eyes 
said to David, The Ark in Israel

528
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,800
and Judah dwell in booths. 
My Lord job in the service of my

529
00:33:58,808 --> 00:34:00,500
Lord, I camping in the open 
field. 

530
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:04,100
Here's translation. 
How is it that the Ark of God, 

531
00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:07,700
which dwells in a tent? 
And my people, my fellow 

532
00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:10,900
warriors were out in the fields,
dwelling in their tents and War.

533
00:34:11,100 --> 00:34:14,600
How is it that these Things. 
And these people exposed to 

534
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:20,300
danger and threats, Well, I 
would entertain comfort and 

535
00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:25,900
gratification may it never be, 
may it never be and what I love 

536
00:34:25,900 --> 00:34:29,400
is you ride the first thing that
comes to his mouth as what they 

537
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,199
are. 
God God that's the first thing. 

538
00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:35,400
The Forefront of his mind is 
explanation is the Lord. 

539
00:34:35,699 --> 00:34:38,500
This man had God in his mind. 
First God in his explanation. 

540
00:34:38,500 --> 00:34:41,199
First God it's centered around 
the Lord. 

541
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,699
And second to that was the 
mission that he was called to. 

542
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,699
This is a mission that I'm 
called to and there's something 

543
00:34:47,699 --> 00:34:51,500
deeper here, right? 
Do you remember what David said 

544
00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:53,400
to a? 
He Malik the priest when he was 

545
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,300
initially running from Saul and 
he was asking for some food. 

546
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,800
What did I? 
Hey, Malik asked if him and his 

547
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,000
men were. 
What were you guys are U, guys. 

548
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,400
Holy, are you guys consecrated? 
And you remember, David's 

549
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,700
response, go to First. 
Samuel quickly. 

550
00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:11,000
I want you to see this in verse 
5 of chapter 21. 

551
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,300
Look at David's. 
Explanation. 

552
00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:16,800
I believe it helps explain 
uriah's decision and first 

553
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:26,800
Samuel 21 verse 5. 
First Samuel 21:5. 

554
00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:34,700
And David answered the priest 
truly woman have been kept from 

555
00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:36,400
us. 
As always, when I go on an 

556
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,100
expedition, the vessels of the 
young men are wholly even when 

557
00:35:40,100 --> 00:35:43,000
it is an ordinary Journey. 
How much more today whether 

558
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:47,300
vessels are. 
Holy, here's what I see from 

559
00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:52,400
this apparently in David's 
Squad, when it came to his 

560
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,600
military, there was a code of 
conduct. 

561
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,500
And one of the code of conducts 
was that when they were on a 

562
00:35:58,508 --> 00:36:01,700
military Expedition that they 
were to keep themselves from 

563
00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:04,500
engaging in relations with 
women, what's wrong with 

564
00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:07,200
engaging with women? 
Well, I think what helps is and 

565
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,600
you don't have to turn there 
when you go to Leviticus right, 

566
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,600
you see in chapter 15 that there
are instructions, given to those

567
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,400
who give themselves a sexual 
relations and it, and it, it 

568
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:21,100
provides ceremonial obstacles 
that can bring a hindrance to 

569
00:36:21,100 --> 00:36:24,200
the effectiveness of their 
expeditions as they are serving 

570
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:25,500
in war. 
Does that make sense? 

571
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,500
They're all these things that 
you have to observe and do if 

572
00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:30,500
you do engage in relations in 
such a way. 

573
00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:33,600
So it's just a, it's just 
better, not sinful, just more 

574
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,900
helpful to refrain from such 
things so that you can be more 

575
00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:40,000
focused and alert and given to 
the task at hand. 

576
00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:45,200
All Uriah is doing is practicing
the protocol that I believe he 

577
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,900
was discipled into having David 
as a leader. 

578
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,600
Perhaps that's the reason why 
Uriah comes so strong with his 

579
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,200
answer. 
Maybe it was shocked by the fact

580
00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:02,300
that David even question him not
going home, this is your thing, 

581
00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:06,700
this is what we do. 
And what I love here is that 

582
00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:09,700
Uriah and some sense gives us 
another illustration of a 

583
00:37:09,700 --> 00:37:12,700
Christian principle. 
One that Paul the Apostle taught

584
00:37:12,700 --> 00:37:15,700
to the church and teaches us 
today from First Corinthians, 

585
00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:18,200
you don't have to turn there and
First Corinthians in a very 

586
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:22,800
well-known passage in chapter 6,
verse 12, he says all things are

587
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:26,500
lawful for me, but what not all.
Things are helpful. 

588
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,900
All things are lawful for me, 
but not all things are helpful. 

589
00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:34,600
That's the standard of 
Christianity that Paul wants to 

590
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:37,900
bring us to by the spirit. 
It's not just to look at 

591
00:37:37,900 --> 00:37:42,000
something and say, is this 
inherently illegitimate is this 

592
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,400
evil? 
Is this out of bounds? 

593
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,000
Is this wrong? 
Paul wants you to ask another 

594
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,300
question, is it helpful? 
Is it helpful? 

595
00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:52,300
Is it helpful to the season of 
life that I'm in? 

596
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,900
Is it helpful and me becoming 
more fervent and passion for the

597
00:37:55,900 --> 00:37:57,800
Lord. 
Is it helpful? 

598
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,600
When you begin to ask those 
questions, I assure you, you 

599
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:05,500
will put a stress on the muscles
of the spirit in a way where you

600
00:38:05,508 --> 00:38:07,600
will see growth like you've 
never seen before. 

601
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,100
Is it helpful not just? 
Is it sinful? 

602
00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:15,300
Does it help me run faster 
longer or does it create wait in

603
00:38:15,300 --> 00:38:17,800
my life that hinders me from 
being all that I can be in Jesus

604
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,100
Christ? 
I want to tell you something, 

605
00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:23,800
personally in the seasons and I 
hope that God would keep me 

606
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,500
asking these questions, but in 
the seasons where I've been most

607
00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:28,200
intentional about, is it 
helpful? 

608
00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:31,800
Alive scene. 
The most I've experienced the 

609
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:37,800
most in God, and here's the 
thing, that's the reward of 

610
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:42,800
answering that question is that 
there is more in him, is more in

611
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,800
him and he Syria doing it. 
There's nothing wrong with being

612
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:46,800
with his wife, there's nothing 
wrong. 

613
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,800
Suspect, the king even gave you 
permission and yet he's so 

614
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,100
focused on the assignment that 
he's been called to. 

615
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:56,100
He's so caught up in fulfilling 
the call that he has been called

616
00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:58,100
to that. 
He goes, yeah, it's fine. 

617
00:38:58,100 --> 00:39:01,600
But at this time, I'm not going 
to engage in that. 

618
00:39:01,900 --> 00:39:07,200
What a soldier, what a soldier. 
So much of our devotion is 

619
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,600
determined by whether it's 
comfortable, whether it's nice, 

620
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,800
what, go beyond that and watch 
what God can do through your 

621
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,800
life. 
You're right here is really, 

622
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,800
really putting David to shame. 
And what is David going to do? 

623
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,800
Once he hears This, I Believe In
This Moment. 

624
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,800
You know what's happening? 
Providence is happening? 

625
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,500
I believe that this is a very 
providential moment for David 

626
00:39:26,900 --> 00:39:29,600
because, you know, what happens,
the initial plan didn't work, it

627
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,300
didn't come to fruition. 
He wanted to bring Uriah into 

628
00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:35,500
that house, Uriah wouldn't. 
And on top of that, look at you 

629
00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:39,000
riyaz words. 
He's so clear in his explanation

630
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,000
to why he won't go in the second
part of verse 11. 

631
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:47,900
Shall I then go to my house to 
eat and to drink and to lie with

632
00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:53,700
my wife? 
You would think you would think 

633
00:39:53,700 --> 00:39:58,100
that, after saying to lie with 
my way, he didn't have to say 

634
00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:01,700
that, but he does unknowingly. 
Now, you have some people that 

635
00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:05,500
believe you ready for this? 
That Uriah was suspicious, I'm 

636
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:08,100
not in that camp, but you have 
some people who believe that you

637
00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:10,400
write actually is figuring 
things out. 

638
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,500
He's look, you know, when 
somebody is acting very weird 

639
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,900
and you're putting the pieces 
together, I'm away. 

640
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,800
Why did you want me to go home 
so badly? 

641
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,500
Some believe that Uriah is 
sniffing something. 

642
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,000
Now, if you believe that, that's
fine, I don't hold to that. 

643
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,700
I just believe that this man is 
just brimming with conviction 

644
00:40:26,900 --> 00:40:28,700
and it's just shooting out of 
him like arrows. 

645
00:40:28,900 --> 00:40:32,100
And here's David, he hears it 
right to lie with my wife. 

646
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,400
And you would think that the 
alarm would go off. 

647
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:38,000
You would think in light of the 
failure of his attempt and the 

648
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,600
reminder, the reminder that here
is a man, you ready for this? 

649
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:45,500
Here's a man who would not 
engage in his rights as a 

650
00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:50,000
husband. 
As someone who entertain 

651
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,600
something that was not my right.
Do you think that would stop him

652
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,600
in his tracks? 
You would think that he would 

653
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,500
put the charade down and come 
clean. 

654
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,500
This is God's Providence. 
This is God. 

655
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:07,400
I believe getting David to stop 
and confess before he sends a 

656
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:11,200
prophet to say you are the man. 
And I believe, when we are in 

657
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,700
sin, when any man of God, woman 
of God isn't sin, God will do so

658
00:41:14,700 --> 00:41:19,700
much before he exposes them. 
He'll he'll send warnings in 

659
00:41:19,700 --> 00:41:22,700
different ways and, you know, 
some of these big-name guys that

660
00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:25,900
if they're that they fall and 
becomes a scandal, you think 

661
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:27,300
that just God does that right 
away. 

662
00:41:27,300 --> 00:41:30,500
I believe there's so many 
warnings beforehand and then he 

663
00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:33,400
exposes them. 
Here's this man. 

664
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:38,400
He has an opportunity, but the 
the example of his stubbornness 

665
00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:42,500
is really a commentary on our 
own because how many of us 

666
00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:48,000
rarely are able to detect when 
God is inviting us, or warning 

667
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:54,600
us when we are in sin, How many 
of us are able to detect that 

668
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:59,300
God is able to communicate more 
than just a supernatural 

669
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:01,500
Revelation, being given to 
somebody say, you're in sin, get

670
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:03,700
up. 
You do, you have to see beyond 

671
00:42:03,700 --> 00:42:06,200
that? 
He gives, gentle nudges. 

672
00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:09,700
He pulls on you in different 
ways and here it is. 

673
00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:13,100
And here's the scary part, some 
fail to detect it. 

674
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:17,700
Others who are able to see, you 
know, this is something for me. 

675
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,500
God is trying to get my 
attention and they brush it off.

676
00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:25,300
They brush it off as just 
coincidental, they ignore it, 

677
00:42:26,500 --> 00:42:29,800
and they dig their heels in the 
ground, and they make a greater 

678
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:33,300
bolt towards the Rebellion. 
It's scary. 

679
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:35,400
Scary. 
God will give you a sermon 

680
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,900
before he exposes God will have 
somebody call you go. 

681
00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:40,500
I'll have somebody text you 
saying brother. 

682
00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:42,400
I don't know what's going on in 
your life, but I'm, I'm just 

683
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:46,800
praying for you. 
Listen, this is not just a point

684
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,000
inside of there. 
I've seen it. 

685
00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:50,500
I've seen it. 
It's scary. 

686
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:53,400
God is real. 
God is very, very real. 

687
00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:58,800
And if there is, there is a list
of evidences of the realness of 

688
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,900
God in my own life, as I 
observed throughout Ministry, 

689
00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:05,800
it's how God is able to get 
someone's attention, while 

690
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,600
they're in sin. 
It's incredible. 

691
00:43:09,300 --> 00:43:11,800
It's incredible. 
That's how much love he has for 

692
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:15,000
his children. 
David doesn't take heed. 

693
00:43:16,900 --> 00:43:20,100
He doesn't listen to the 
shepherd, is trying to rescue 

694
00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:23,500
him. 
And pull him out of this pit. 

695
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,000
So what does he do? 
Verse 12, then David said to 

696
00:43:26,008 --> 00:43:29,700
your I remain here today also in
tomorrow and I'll send you back 

697
00:43:31,500 --> 00:43:34,500
It's sad for me to say this, but
what David is doing here? 

698
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,300
Is just an example of what the 
tempter does to us. 

699
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:44,000
What's Happening Here? 
Stay in the premises. 

700
00:43:44,900 --> 00:43:47,500
He just finished saying, I want 
to be there. 

701
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:51,900
I want to be at the war where 
I'm supposed to be, and you 

702
00:43:51,900 --> 00:43:53,700
know, what? 
David says, just stay a little 

703
00:43:53,700 --> 00:43:58,600
bit longer, stay a little bit 
longer and here's the strategy. 

704
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:02,600
Perhaps if you stay long enough,
you'll change your mind. 

705
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,300
Perhaps if you stay in close 
proximity to your house which 

706
00:44:07,300 --> 00:44:09,700
isn't far from the palace. 
How do we know that? 

707
00:44:11,500 --> 00:44:14,100
Because you're right because 
David was on the roof and he saw

708
00:44:14,100 --> 00:44:16,300
Bathsheba bathing. 
So I mean it doesn't have 

709
00:44:16,300 --> 00:44:19,800
binocular vision. 
Must be very close, Uriah 

710
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,600
obviously knows that just a few 
steps away from that Palace. 

711
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:28,000
So, David tells Uriah just stay 
a little bit longer and here's 

712
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:33,500
the plan, maybe you'll crack. 
And maybe you'll give in, and 

713
00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:36,800
maybe you'll change your mind 
and maybe you can cover the 

714
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:42,200
tracks. 
So just stay You know, the 

715
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:47,800
temperature of our souls. 
Does not give up easily to 

716
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:52,100
entice us. 
He has many tricks in his bag. 

717
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:54,900
He'll try one thing, and when it
doesn't work, he'll try another.

718
00:44:54,900 --> 00:44:58,300
He'll come at one angle. 
When that doesn't succeed, he'll

719
00:44:58,300 --> 00:45:01,600
come at another angle, and then 
he'll revisit that initial angle

720
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,000
that didn't work. 
He's very, very tricky. 

721
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,300
We see it with the master in the
wilderness. 

722
00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:11,000
First thing that Satan does is 
point to some rocks and bring 

723
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,200
attention to Jesus hunger. 
That didn't work. 

724
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:16,200
So he takes a verse out of 
context and he tries to tempted 

725
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:20,500
to do something silly. 
Try to get the 10 God and that 

726
00:45:20,500 --> 00:45:21,800
doesn't work. 
So he then he shows him the 

727
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:23,800
world and he tries to get him to
worship Him. 

728
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,500
And then when that didn't work, 
he says that he left for another

729
00:45:27,500 --> 00:45:31,700
opportune time, until another 
opportune time here, David in a 

730
00:45:31,700 --> 00:45:35,800
very human way, is exemplifying 
how Satan operates in our own 

731
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:39,700
lives. 
The thing that you said, no to a

732
00:45:39,700 --> 00:45:43,300
few weeks ago, he'll reintroduce
into your life today. 

733
00:45:44,300 --> 00:45:48,200
Even years ago, even years ago, 
that thing hasn't been in your 

734
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:50,700
life for years. 
You haven't watched it in years,

735
00:45:50,900 --> 00:45:53,400
you haven't tasted it in so long
and an offer. 

736
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:56,300
A sudden here he comes, 
especially when you're at your 

737
00:45:56,300 --> 00:45:58,900
weakest. 
You remember this? 

738
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,700
Remember what this felt like. 
Remember how this made you 

739
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:04,600
escape your troubles and your 
pain? 

740
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:08,900
Here it is. 
And even the fact that David was

741
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,800
as willing to have Uriah, wait 
shows even the Relentless 

742
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:16,500
patience of the enemy, the 
Relentless patience. 

743
00:46:16,500 --> 00:46:21,800
He he has no problem waiting. 
You know what's so amazing about

744
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:26,500
the world, the world has no 
problem being persistent and 

745
00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:29,700
inviting you to sin. 
Some of you have friends like 

746
00:46:29,700 --> 00:46:31,800
that. 
They once it comes to Friday 

747
00:46:31,900 --> 00:46:34,700
afternoon. 
You can almost prophesied. 

748
00:46:34,700 --> 00:46:38,400
Here comes the text message. 
What are you doing tonight, huh?

749
00:46:39,500 --> 00:46:41,800
And they're just evangelist for 
worldliness. 

750
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:43,800
So don't be ashamed. 
If you're consistent with people

751
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:47,900
to bring them to church, the 
world has no problem inviting 

752
00:46:47,900 --> 00:46:51,800
you into their scum. 
So here's David saying, why 

753
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,800
don't you just wait a little 
longer and Uriah doesn't budge 

754
00:46:55,100 --> 00:47:00,700
again, you ride this in budget 
and so he to attempts and they 

755
00:47:00,700 --> 00:47:03,800
failed When are you gonna get 
it? 

756
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,500
He's not, his heart has become 
so hardened. 

757
00:47:07,500 --> 00:47:09,300
Because remember that verse, 
right? 

758
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:13,000
That if you don't feel the lord,
always, you make yourself 

759
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:15,200
available to a hardening of the 
heart. 

760
00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:18,100
And David here is just hardening
it more and more. 

761
00:47:18,100 --> 00:47:20,600
And so he comes to another 
strategy. 

762
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:24,000
He takes it up a notch, he has 
some kind of a feast and you 

763
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:27,300
read it. 
He sees Uriah is like this 

764
00:47:27,300 --> 00:47:30,000
Great. 
Oak Tree deeply planted in the 

765
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,300
convictions of God. 
He can't move it. 

766
00:47:32,300 --> 00:47:36,500
So he says, let's get him 
intoxicated. 

767
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:41,700
Let's weakened his ability to 
reason and to make clear 

768
00:47:41,700 --> 00:47:48,900
judgments. and so he brings this
man, and somehow just keeps 

769
00:47:48,900 --> 00:47:52,200
feeding him, keeps feeding him 
keeps feeding him, and this man 

770
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,800
may be trying to be polite just 
indulges indulges indulges, and 

771
00:47:55,800 --> 00:48:00,700
to the point, where he loses 
sobriety, He loses sobriety. 

772
00:48:01,100 --> 00:48:03,300
And unfortunately David 
continues to illustrate how 

773
00:48:03,300 --> 00:48:08,000
Satan works and people's lives 
to get him into deeper sin, the 

774
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:12,200
enemy knows the absolute value 
and strength that comes from 

775
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:15,100
being sober minded. 
Being Sober. 

776
00:48:15,100 --> 00:48:22,600
Minded, you know why the Bible 
Absolutely discourages and 

777
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:26,000
commands against any substance 
or behavior that would that 

778
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:29,400
would tamper with 
clear-headedness. 

779
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:34,800
Because God Champions 
self-control, he Champions 

780
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:38,900
self-control and he wants you. 
And I to be a control at all 

781
00:48:38,900 --> 00:48:41,800
times, over our Behavior, our 
actions, our reactions, 

782
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,400
everything. 
Because we are his ambassadors, 

783
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:49,100
we represent him and there's an 
interesting verse and Hosea. 

784
00:48:49,100 --> 00:48:53,200
411, I've quoted this many times
to explain some particular 

785
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:56,700
behaviors in the Old Testament. 
And here I come again to Hosea 

786
00:48:56,700 --> 00:48:59,300
411. 
Here's what the prophet says you

787
00:48:59,300 --> 00:49:01,600
guys doing, alright. 
That's not what the prophets 

788
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:02,500
are. 
That's what I'm asking. 

789
00:49:05,500 --> 00:49:07,700
Hosea 4:11, you ready for this 
whoredom? 

790
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:14,700
Wine and new wine. 
Which does what take it away 

791
00:49:14,700 --> 00:49:18,100
understanding. 
Horton. 

792
00:49:18,100 --> 00:49:20,200
Wine wine. 
Here's what Hosea is saying, 

793
00:49:20,500 --> 00:49:26,800
alcohol among other things. 
Rob's you one of the things that

794
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:32,300
robs you of, Is Judgment your 
ability to make precise and 

795
00:49:32,300 --> 00:49:35,900
clear actions. 
And that is a, that is an 

796
00:49:35,900 --> 00:49:40,500
indictment. 
That is a whoa for us to be 

797
00:49:40,500 --> 00:49:43,600
controlled by anything apart 
from the holy spirit of God. 

798
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:47,800
He is the alternative. 
That's why Paul makes that 

799
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:50,600
command and Ephesians 5. 
Right, you know what I find. 

800
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:54,900
So interesting. 
The spirit of God Partners wine 

801
00:49:54,900 --> 00:50:01,500
with what whoredom. 
Whoredom promiscuity sensuality.

802
00:50:02,300 --> 00:50:04,300
Isn't that interesting? 
I mean, not all the things that 

803
00:50:04,300 --> 00:50:09,500
you could put together, you 
include whoredom with wine and 

804
00:50:09,500 --> 00:50:12,700
there's a reason for that. 
The reason for that is because 

805
00:50:12,900 --> 00:50:20,100
lust itself has an intoxicating 
Factor That also like wine is 

806
00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:25,500
able to Cloud our judgment and 
make us make stupid decisions 

807
00:50:25,900 --> 00:50:28,800
lust. 
You know what's so amazing? 

808
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:33,600
Here's a man who's trying to 
intoxicate his friend to make 

809
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:37,000
him do something. 
Whereas he was Intoxicated by 

810
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:40,200
lust just a few verses earlier 
and did what he was not supposed

811
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:44,200
to do. 
And so we talked about. 

812
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:46,300
Yeah be sober with alcohol, a 
beast. 

813
00:50:46,300 --> 00:50:48,500
Don't do that. 
Don't smoke that don't take 

814
00:50:48,500 --> 00:50:50,400
those pills. 
Fine, that's wonderful. 

815
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:55,100
But how often do we talk about 
being drunk with lust? 

816
00:50:56,800 --> 00:51:00,300
And what's one of the dangers of
unbridled passions? 

817
00:51:00,500 --> 00:51:05,400
One of the dangers, is that you 
don't think clearly, you don't 

818
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:11,800
think clearly. and so the 
proverb there and Proverbs 632 

819
00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:15,600
makes sense and Proverbs 6:32, 
we are told he who commits 

820
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:21,800
adultery lacks sense. 
Lack sense. 

821
00:51:22,100 --> 00:51:25,200
In other words, they do not 
calculate or consider. 

822
00:51:26,500 --> 00:51:31,600
The effects of this decision. 
They don't consider the damage 

823
00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:34,300
that can be done and that's 
really what follows Proverbs 

824
00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:36,700
6:32. 
The consequences of such actions

825
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:44,700
and so, You and I have to be 
able to learn not to be Mastered

826
00:51:45,300 --> 00:51:48,800
by these impulses that come and 
visit us no matter how strong 

827
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,900
they are. 
You know what the world parrots.

828
00:51:53,900 --> 00:51:57,300
Well, it's an instinct, it's 
human nature, when you feel it, 

829
00:51:57,300 --> 00:52:00,300
you should do it to relieve 
yourself and they equate. 

830
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:06,400
That passion that desire on the 
same level as food and drink you

831
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:10,700
can survive without sex, you 
can't survive without food, 

832
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:17,100
long-term or water. 
And so we have to understand 

833
00:52:17,100 --> 00:52:22,100
here, that there is a clear call
to be warned about how when we 

834
00:52:22,100 --> 00:52:25,300
allow our imaginations to run 
rampant, you can actually come 

835
00:52:25,300 --> 00:52:28,500
to such a place you can cross a 
line just like having one extra 

836
00:52:28,500 --> 00:52:31,300
glass that takes you over where 
you now begin. 

837
00:52:31,300 --> 00:52:34,900
Lose your reasoning and you 
begin to make plans and schemes 

838
00:52:34,900 --> 00:52:39,000
and decisions and rendevouz that
are absolutely dangerous. 

839
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:41,400
Just like a car wreck. 
It's like a DUI. 

840
00:52:43,300 --> 00:52:48,000
Be careful, be careful and allow
the Holy Spirit to bring control

841
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:50,900
in your life. 
And here is a man who tries to 

842
00:52:50,900 --> 00:52:54,400
get another man to come under a 
very similar influence that he 

843
00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:57,100
was under guess what? 
It doesn't work. 

844
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:03,300
I need to see David's face as 
you write as stumbles. 

845
00:53:03,500 --> 00:53:05,900
He's like there it is. 
There it is. 

846
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:07,400
Yeah. 
Go go go. 

847
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:09,700
Go there go. 
There and just makes a U-turn 

848
00:53:09,700 --> 00:53:12,200
and goes right back to where he 
slept a couple nights before, 

849
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:17,800
huh? 
What does it say about a man 

850
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:19,000
that even when you're 
intoxicated? 

851
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:23,100
Not that saying try it. 
God forbid that your convictions

852
00:53:23,100 --> 00:53:26,900
are so solid soul. 
I can just like as iron anchor 

853
00:53:27,300 --> 00:53:30,300
that even when substances are 
pumped into your subconscious 

854
00:53:30,300 --> 00:53:33,700
tells you to stay committed. 
Fascinating to me. 

855
00:53:35,300 --> 00:53:40,100
And so this man doesn't move. 
Strike 3, David. 

856
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:46,100
What are you going to do? 
Providence is knocking on your 

857
00:53:46,100 --> 00:53:50,000
door. 
Your cleverness is not working. 

858
00:53:51,900 --> 00:53:53,300
Do you think David slept that 
night? 

859
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,100
That's what I wondered when I 
was thinking about this passage.

860
00:53:56,100 --> 00:53:58,500
Do you think he, you think you 
just went to bed in just closed 

861
00:53:58,500 --> 00:54:01,700
his eyes? 
I don't think he slept a wink. 

862
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:08,900
I think he tossed and turned. 
I think he tossed and turned. 

863
00:54:10,500 --> 00:54:13,800
Because you read something here 
in verse 14, in the morning, 

864
00:54:13,900 --> 00:54:19,200
David wrote a letter to joab and
sent it by the end of Uriah. 

865
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:24,800
whether he slept or not, we're 
not told but what we do know is 

866
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:30,000
that he woke up early in the 
morning, Wrote a letter meaning.

867
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,500
Some kind of plan was conjured 
up as he was laying in that bed 

868
00:54:34,500 --> 00:54:39,400
and lows of midnight hours. 
And he did not hesitate to make 

869
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:45,400
his move time was against him. 
and so he writes a letter and in

870
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:52,600
that letter was uriah's death, 
warrant, do you think David 

871
00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:57,000
thought about murder when he was
scaling and walking on that 

872
00:54:57,000 --> 00:55:01,000
rooftop earlier in this chapter?
You think murder came to mind. 

873
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:04,600
Think, you know what? 
I'm going to sleep with 

874
00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:08,500
Bathsheba and if it goes wrong, 
I'm going to kill her husband. 

875
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:15,200
No. 
Piece by piece. 

876
00:55:17,300 --> 00:55:22,100
That's how it works. 
One more Soul, another morsel 

877
00:55:22,100 --> 00:55:25,400
and another morsel, that's 
exactly what is happening here. 

878
00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:30,200
And it happened so fast. 
There was so much included in 

879
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:34,300
his thinking that he didn't even
consider where he was going. 

880
00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:40,300
And you read here in verse 15. 
What the letter said. 

881
00:55:41,700 --> 00:55:44,900
In the letter, he wrote Set 
Uriah in the Forefront of the 

882
00:55:44,900 --> 00:55:48,600
hardest fighting. 
And draw back from him that he 

883
00:55:48,600 --> 00:55:57,200
may be struck down and die. 
Looked, as I said is this the 

884
00:55:57,200 --> 00:56:02,800
same guy? 
Who went a man was hunting him 

885
00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:08,900
down, like an animal. 
Felt a prick in his heart when 

886
00:56:08,900 --> 00:56:13,200
he cut a piece of his robe. 
Is this the same guy? 

887
00:56:14,300 --> 00:56:18,700
Now he that same guy. 
Is taking one of his most 

888
00:56:18,700 --> 00:56:25,700
Faithful Men. and his signing a 
death sentence, puts it in his 

889
00:56:25,700 --> 00:56:31,200
hand, you ready for this and so 
trust in the Integrity of Uriah 

890
00:56:32,700 --> 00:56:36,300
That he would not open that 
letter between then and his 

891
00:56:36,300 --> 00:56:41,500
destination. 
Only for him to be killed. 

892
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:50,900
Such is the potential of sin. 
When it is not dealt with early 

893
00:56:50,900 --> 00:56:54,800
on, it has the ability to warp 
that which was created in the 

894
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:59,600
image of God and to make it into
a hideous Beast. 

895
00:57:00,700 --> 00:57:08,700
That is worthy of great scorn. 
Sin can flip your world upside 

896
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down. 
Ken. 

897
00:57:11,500 --> 00:57:16,700
Jesus can for the good but sin 
for the worst and David sunk at 

898
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the such depths. 
That even took advantage of 

899
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uriah's. 
Sensitive conscience and 

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00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:30,000
commitment. 
Again if I had the budget, I 

901
00:57:30,008 --> 00:57:33,500
think, if I had the budget and I
could direct it, the scene would

902
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be for a long time. 
Uriah, they're walking back to 

903
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:41,800
the ranks with a smile on his 
face. 

904
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Holding his very death, warrant.
And David scaling back to that 

905
00:57:48,300 --> 00:57:53,200
scene of David, just his feet on
some desk, unmoved, twiddling, 

906
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:55,800
his thumbs? 
Hoping that job would say yes to

907
00:57:55,800 --> 00:57:58,600
that. 
Unbelievable. 

908
00:57:59,900 --> 00:58:03,900
But it's real. 
And here's what rushed through 

909
00:58:03,900 --> 00:58:06,800
my mind when I thought about 
Uriah walking back. 

910
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:12,200
To his post integrity. 
Integrity. 

911
00:58:12,900 --> 00:58:17,800
It might get you killed. 
But it's better to die with 

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00:58:17,800 --> 00:58:19,300
Integrity than to live without 
it. 

913
00:58:21,700 --> 00:58:24,000
Integrity. 
It might get you killed it, 

914
00:58:24,008 --> 00:58:27,200
might get you fired. 
You might lose that promotion. 

915
00:58:29,900 --> 00:58:33,100
You might not be invited to the 
biggest and best conferences. 

916
00:58:34,100 --> 00:58:36,100
Because you have conviction to 
the word of God. 

917
00:58:37,100 --> 00:58:39,700
You're not be liked or loved by 
people, you might be invited to 

918
00:58:39,700 --> 00:58:43,700
the events integrity. 
Might kill you. 

919
00:58:45,100 --> 00:58:49,000
But it's better to die with it. 
That's a live without it. 

920
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:52,400
I pray that we would be men like
Uriah. 

921
00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:56,600
And here's the thing, God can do
such a work in you. 

922
00:58:56,600 --> 00:59:00,400
No matter your background, like 
Uriah, the hittite of all 

923
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people. 
To be a man of God, a woman of 

924
00:59:05,408 --> 00:59:09,100
God. 
I guess we're gonna have to wait

925
00:59:09,100 --> 00:59:10,900
till next week to see what 
happens next. 

926
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,600
You see? 
There's so much content left. 

927
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:17,300
But we have enough meat to chew 
on tonight at the digest by the 

928
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grace of God. 
Shall we pray before we conclude

929
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tonight? 
And as the worship team 

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positions himself, I don't want 
to pray while they're walking up

931
00:59:36,800 --> 00:59:40,700
there. 
But just in your own Hearts, 

932
00:59:41,700 --> 00:59:43,000
whatever it was that touch your 
heart. 

933
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:45,000
Maybe maybe. 
Maybe maybe. 

934
00:59:46,300 --> 00:59:50,400
Maybe tonight was even a 
providential push from the Lord 

935
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:55,800
to get your attention in love. 
I say this, maybe you are 

936
00:59:55,900 --> 00:59:59,500
concealing sin or you're trying 
to continue in sin. 

937
01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:04,600
And the Lord is trying to get 
your attention before you head 

938
01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:10,900
towards decisions and situations
that are unfathomable, just hear

939
01:00:10,900 --> 01:00:14,800
the voice of the Lord through 
this Bible study and and Trust 

940
01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:18,300
the wisdom of God to end it. 
Now, to come before him and 

941
01:00:18,300 --> 01:00:22,100
people that you trust that you 
know won't judge you to say, 

942
01:00:22,100 --> 01:00:25,300
here I am, I'm broken here I am,
I've been foolish. 

943
01:00:25,300 --> 01:00:28,600
Can you help me and trust that 
the Lord will help you trust 

944
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:31,600
that God's people will help you 
If you are in this place and you

945
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:35,500
examine your heart racing by the
grace of God, I can rejoice in 

946
01:00:35,500 --> 01:00:38,600
the season that I'm in. 
Oh praise God, for that and ask 

947
01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:43,500
God to keep you and to not let 
you be puffed up with pride and 

948
01:00:43,500 --> 01:00:46,200
to be low independent even more 
dependent than if you were 

949
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:48,400
failing or if you felt yourself 
slipping. 

950
01:00:48,900 --> 01:00:52,600
Lord, we come before you tonight
at this time, rejoicing in the 

951
01:00:52,600 --> 01:00:57,100
richness of your word, we thank 
you that it is surely alive and 

952
01:00:57,100 --> 01:01:00,500
it makes us come alive. 
And we do ask oh God that You 

953
01:01:00,508 --> 01:01:04,400
would help us in whatever season
that we may be in for those who 

954
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:07,700
are feeling the pull because 
they're on a rooftop somewhere. 

955
01:01:09,100 --> 01:01:10,600
And they're not supposed to be 
where they are. 

956
01:01:11,700 --> 01:01:14,200
And they sensed the strength of 
an invitation to go somewhere 

957
01:01:14,200 --> 01:01:17,100
where they never thought they 
would go Lord, let your voice be

958
01:01:17,100 --> 01:01:19,200
louder than my voice on this 
microphone. 

959
01:01:19,900 --> 01:01:23,000
And for those who are strong and
steady, we pray that you would 

960
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:26,800
only reinforce that strength and
that we would be all the more 

961
01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:30,300
serious about making sure that 
we do not fall. 

962
01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:33,200
Lord. 
Help us also believe, help us 

963
01:01:33,200 --> 01:01:35,900
also believe that you've given 
us everything we need. 

964
01:01:35,900 --> 01:01:40,100
According to Peter's words to 
never fall, you can keep us from

965
01:01:40,100 --> 01:01:43,000
Scandal and betrayal. 
And pain, Lord. 

966
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:46,400
You have given us what we need 
to be in Victory and we praise 

967
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:48,600
you for that. 
And what we just praise you 

968
01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:50,600
through song. 
Now as we Rejoice over your 

969
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:53,600
word, giving you glory and 
thanks that, you were the God 

970
01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:57,400
who cares for us. 
And you give us stories like 

971
01:01:57,400 --> 01:02:02,200
this to help us avoid crisis. 
We bless your name now and this 

972
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:04,300
Friday evening in Jesus name we 
pray. 

973
01:02:04,500 --> 01:02:07,000
Amen. 
Shall We Stand? 

974
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:09,800
Let's Stand Together. 
Worship God. 

975
01:02:06,200 --> 01:02:08,000
Shall We Stand? 
Let's Stand Together. 

976
01:02:08,900 --> 01:02:09,800
Worship God.